The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday welcomed the arrest of former Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, but said it was a delayed step.
The party also demanded that the CBI lodge cases against all those involved in the expropriation of public funds. “The arrest of Suresh Kalmadi, Congress MP, for corruption associated with the Commonwealth Games, is a welcome step, though it is much delayed,” the party politburo said in a statement.
“Apart from the instances of corruption indulged in by the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, there is the large-scale misuse of funds for the Games by other agencies and authorities in the Delhi government and the central government. Some of these have been enquired into by the Shunglu Committee." "The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) should forthwith take steps to lodge cases and prosecute those who were responsible for the expropriation of public funds,” the statement added.